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Submission + - Nokia design guru urges Apple to end cable chaos (afr.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 13, 2013 @09:40PM

An anonymous reader writes: Nokia's former head designer has called on Apple to work with the broader technology industry and end its policy of having proprietary connectors for its device chargers and accessories. Other experts say Apple cannot continue to go it alone with Lightning Connectors and ignore Micro USB

Submission + - Nokia insider on why it failed and why Apple could be next (afr.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 06, 2013 @04:22AM

An anonymous reader writes: The former chief designer of Nokia, explains how the corporate culture and its success stopped it taking risks, and left it open to being beaten by Apple. He now sees the same warning signs emerging at Apple.

Submission + - McAfee regrets "flawed" trillion dollar cyber crime claims (afr.com) 3

Submitted by Techy77 on Sunday August 18, 2013 @11:53PM

Techy77 writes: McAfee's chief technology officer Mike Fey has admitted that he regrets his own company’s estimates, which once pinned global losses from cyber crime at more than $1 trillion.

Submission + - Former diplomat slams Facebook for inaction on fake pages (afr.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22, 2013 @06:45PM

An anonymous reader writes: Former diplomat to Belgium and the European Union Brendan Nelson describes his astonishment at his inability to get any response from Facebook when trying to get a diplomatically damaging fake page taken down. The social network ignored official protestations from the department of foreign affairs and security agencies.

Submission + - Perl Isn't Going Anywhere -- For Better Or Worse (infoworld.com)

Submitted by

snydeq

on Monday January 28, 2013 @03:19PM

snydeq writes: "Deep End's Paul Venezia waxes philosophical about Perl stagnancy in IT. 'A massive number of tools and projects still make the most out of the language. But it's hard to see Perl regaining its former glory without a dramatic turnaround in the near term. As more time goes by, Perl will likely continue to decline in popularity and cement its growing status as a somewhat arcane and archaic language, especially as compared to newer, more lithe options. Perhaps that's OK. Perl has been an instrumental part of the innovation and technological advancements of the last two decades, and it's served as a catalyst for a significant number of other languages that have contributed heavily to the programming world in general.'"

Submission + - Aussie online retailer impose IE7 tax (afr.com)

Submitted by Techy77 on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @08:40PM

Techy77 writes: Online retailer Kogan will impose a new tax on its customers that visit its website using Microsoft’s outdated Internet Explorer 7 web browser, which means they will spend 6.8 percent more than customers on browsers like Firefox, Opera, Safari and Chrome.

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